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Stationery

Stationery is a general name given to paper and office supplies such as envelopes, notepads, pencils, paper clips, staples, etc. Sometimes, stationery refers instead to lined paper with a decorative border. This is what a stationery kit contains.

Although it is a common error to mis-spell "stationery" as "stationary" and vice versa, the word "stationery" was originally spelled with an "a" in English. It derives from the fact that such products were sold in "stationary" shops and not from travelling vendors.

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